BBC Northern Ireland

Plea to missing father.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England); 12/24/2009; 621 words; ...yet been con-firmed. The case was featured on the BBC Missing Live programme four months after the disappearance...claiming to have seen Mr Tudge in Bristol, the Midlands and Northern Ireland but the leads turned out to be dead ends. Anyone with...

A Sting in this winter's tale ... ; Sting recalls his time living in Northern Ireland in a Radio 2 special, writes Eddie McIlwaine
Belfast Telegraph; 12/23/2009; 485 words; ...his real name Gordon Sumner, is on the BBC Radio 2 airwaves on Boxing Day telling...in Sting because he was once married to Northern Irish actress Frances Tomelty. She's...first family soap The McCooeys on the old BBC Home Service. They have two grown-up...

Yeats-quoting celebrity GP with pride in his profession
Belfast Telegraph; 12/22/2009; 689 words; ...being a regular commentator on BBC Radio. He became one of the most prominent faces of medicine in Northern Ireland.He was often outspoken in his...often chronicled his background in Northern Ireland. He wrote this in the BMJ in...

Party leaders to take part in election TV debates
The Independent - London; 12/22/2009; 525 words; ...three encounters, which will be staged by ITV News, Sky News and the BBC. (The order was drawn by ballot.)The debates between the Prime...broadcasters intend to stage separate debates in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

BRING IT ON; BIG BEASTS SQUARE UP FOR SHOWDOWN.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 12/22/2009; 620 words; ...cold feet. This time, BBC, ITV and Sky will each...present the third for the BBC. Arrangements will be...Dimbleby, who will chair the BBC's debate, said: "I...in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland among all the main parties...